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Training To Serve People With DementiaIs our health care system ready?
August 24, 2015
Georgia Burke, Directing Attorney
Justice in Aging
Randi Chapman, Director, State Affairs
Alzheimer’s Association
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• The study—scope, design, goals
• Findings: Training standards:
– Facilities
– Professional Licensure
– Curriculum
– Law enforcement and EMT
• Big take aways
• Advocacy
– Why it matters
– How to get started
Topics
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The Study-Scope, Design, Goals
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• Survey of statutes and regulations
• 50 States, DC and Puerto Rico
• Mandatory training requirements re dementia
• Health care, law enforcement and EMT
• Look at covered individuals, hours, frequency, curriculum content, testing
• Highlight promising practices
Scope of research
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• Summary of findings
• Requirements placed on regulated facilities
• Requirements based on professional licensure
• Requirements for law enforcement and EMT
• Promising practices-Washington State
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• Snapshot of current requirements
• Identify gaps, relative strengths
• Identify promising practices
• Provide roadmap for future advocacy
Goals
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What did we find?
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States use two regulatory routes to impose dementia training requirements
Facility regulation: Nursing facilities, assisted living and other residential facilities, adult day facilities.
Professional licensure: Nursing facility administrators, registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, personal care assistants.
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Facility regulation
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• More states impose dementia training standards on assisted living than on nursing homes.
• Few states have standards for adult day health.
• Many regulations only apply to Special Care Units, not general facilities.
Facility regulation
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People in assisted living with dementia
42%
Assisted Living
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States requiring training for
assisted living staff
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People in nursing homes with dementia
64%
Nursing facilities
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States requiring training for nursing
home staff
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People in adult day programs with
dementia
42%
Adult Day Programs
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States requiring training for adult day program staff
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• Wide variation among states in:
– Hours required
• Specific dementia hrs v. part of larger package
– When training must take place
• Initial and continuing
– Covered personnel
• Direct care v. direct contact staff
– Specificity in content
– Testing requirements, if any
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• California: All staff (effective 2016)– 20 hrs prior to working independently including 6 specific to dementia
– 20 hrs w/in 4 weeks including 6 specific to dementia
– 20 annual education including 8 specific to dementia
• North Carolina– Administrators: 20 hrs. dementia specific training
– Direct care staff:
• 6 hrs orientation w/in 5 weeks
• 20 hrs of dementia specific training w/in 6 mos.
• 12 hrs continuing ed. annually including 6 dementia specific.
Promising practices: Two examples from assisted living
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Professional Licensure
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Administrators:
15 states require dementia training for professional
licensure.
Certified Nursing Assistants:
24 states require dementia training.
Home Health Aides/Personal Care Assistants:
13 states require some dementia training.
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• Professional licensure and facility requirements can synchronize
• Gaps in requirements for administrator training
• Need to address training needs of unlicensed caregivers
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Training Content
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Curriculum-Core topics
• Disease overview
• Communications w/ resident
• Managing behaviors
• Working with families
• Promoting independence in ADLs
• Safety risks
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• More topics, more detail:
– e.g., Effects of psychotropic drugs and non-drug interventions, assessments, family role reversal issues, grief, techniques to address provider burn-out
• Standardizing curriculum:
– E.g., Washington state specialty training curriculum, Alabama DETA Brain Series
• Outcome-based training, competency testing
Curriculum: Digging deeper
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Detailed competencies and learning objectives• Example: to demonstrate competency on communicating with people who
have dementia, the trained person must be able to:
– Describe common dementia-caused cognitive losses and how those losses can affect communication;
– Identify appropriate and inappropriate nonverbal communication skills and discuss how each impacts a resident’s behavior;
– Describe how to effectively initiate and conduct a conversation with a resident who has dementia; and
– Identify communication strategies to work with residents who have dementia.
Promising Practice: Washington
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First Responders
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• Law enforcement personnel:
10 states require some dementia training.
Focus is missing persons, Silver Alert, wandering.
• EMTs:
1 state—Connecticut—requires training.
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Big Take Aways
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• Uneven landscape—many gaping holes. Need for more comprehensive approach.
• Training is needed for all providers in all settings where individuals with dementia reside, not just specialized units.
• Promising practices include: rich curriculum, both initial and continuing education, competency testing.
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• Huge unmet need for training standards for community-based providers from Adult Day Care to home health aides to police and EMTs.
• Good models for states and advocates to draw from.
• Time is ripe for states and advocates to update and expand standards to keep up with current learning and expanding need.
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Training to Serve People with Dementia: Is Our Health
Care System Readyhttp://www.justiceinaging.org/our-work/healthcare/dementia-
training-requirements/dementia-training-requirements-state-by-state/
Georgia Burke
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The Alzheimer’s Association Who We Are
MISSION: to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research, provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and reduce the risk of dementia through promotion of brain health.
• Largest private funder of Alzheimer’s research
• National association with 80+ Chapters in 49 states
• Headquarters in Chicago, IL with Public Policy Division in D.C.
• Raise awareness; care consultation; Education and Training.
• 24 hour HelpLine
• www.alz.org
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The Alzheimer’s Association Who We Are
MISSION: to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research, provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and reduce the risk of dementia through promotion of brain health.
• Largest private funder of Alzheimer’s research
• National association with 80+ Chapters in 49 states
• Headquarters in Chicago, IL with Public Policy Division in D.C.
• Raise awareness; care consultation; Education and Training.
• 24 hour HelpLine
• www.alz.org
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Why Advocate for Dementia-Specific Training
• Licensing for professional caregivers and staff requirements regulated by state and federal governments
• Policies need updating to reflect current practices
• Expanded scope of workers covered • Improved enforcement mechanisms • Competency measurements • Growing usage of home care services
• States may set minimum requirements too low or fail to address outdated policies
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Direct Care: Roles and Responsibilities
THEN • Community supports for people with disabilities focused on basic care and
protection
• Provided in large congregate institutional settings
• Elderly received long term care in nursing homes
• Direct care workers training focused on emergency care, basic care (CPR, first aid, some ADLs), and safety
• Training on-the-job; large group setting; staff worked together and supported each other
• Supervisory and professional level staff available for mentoring and assistance
• Competency training inherent
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Direct Care: Roles and Responsibilities
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• DCW bear greater responsibility • Families seeking broader range of services • Families want loved ones at home or community settings • Necessitates greater training and support for care professionals • Care model now: more active social, behavioral emotional support
in addition to basic care and safety • Increasingly demanding needs because of more serious conditions
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Why We Need Dementia-specific Training
• Care delivery is challenging • Significant staff time required • Monitoring, recognition and responsiveness • Appropriate handling of common behaviors
associated with the disease • Better identification of dementia symptoms in the
undiagnosed • Necessary knowledge base to provide care
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Dementia Training Workgroup
Alzheimer’s Association launched an internal workgroup comprised of policy and program staff working in our chapters
throughout the country as well as policy and program staff from our national office. The workgroup is tasked with re-examining and revising the Association’s dementia training policy to inform the development of model legislative language. The workgroup is ongoing and plans to wrap up within the coming weeks. Thus far, the elements of the Association’s dementia training policy
are consistent with Justice in Aging’s recommendations.
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Dementia Training: Advocacy in Action
Statutory
Regulatory
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Dementia Training: Advocacy in Action
Addressing a problem?
Incomplete requirements?
No requirements?
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Dementia Training--Advocacy in Action: Thinking Things Through
• Improve entire system
• Do not have to pursue multiple efforts
Comprehensive
Legislation
• Easier to advocate
• Examples for future campaigns Separate elements
• Memory care providers
• Consumer protection Link to Advertising
or Licensing
• Alzheimer’s plans
• Addressing system challenges Capitalize on news
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Dementia Training--Advocacy in Action:
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Dementia Training--Advocacy in Action:
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Dementia Training--Advocacy in Action:
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Takeaways • Needs assessment • Strategy
• Comprehensive? • Link to advertising
• Timing is everything • Identify potential supporters and opponents
• Families • Providers
• Negotiable vs. Non-negotiable • Know what your supporters and opponents want
• Engage departments of aging, health